[ExI] China and solar power

[John Clark]

On Tue, Nov 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:


> *> That ballroom costs the taxpayer nothing.  Why would you be opposed to
> that? *
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*Because the list of people that are paying for You Know Who's stupid
ballroom is being kept secret, and that is a fertile breeding ground for
corruption. And because he completely demolished the historic east wing of
the White House after promising that he would not touch it. And because
that ballroom will be larger than the rest of the White House combined,
forever disfiguring its appearance. But most of all because He Who Must Not
Be Named has obviously spent more time thinking about that gaudy ballroom
(and the gold plated bathroom in the Lincoln bedroom) than AI or nuclear
war or the next pandemic or the government shut down or ...*

*> I oppose it too and agree it should be cancelled, not because I have
> anything against solar but because taxpayers shouldn’t be funding power
> projects. *


*Five years ago I would've agreed with you, probably even three, but today
we live in a very different world. Economic ideology that once seemed so
important to me now seems ridiculously trivial. So I say to hell with
yesterday's outdated ideology and do whatever is necessary to beat China to
the AI finish line. And that finish line is only three years away, maybe
less. *

* John K Clark *

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